Tackling the Blanket Stitch

The blanket stitch.  This has been an intimidating stitch for me to learn on the sewing machine. I’ve done it by hand a few times and I love the way it looks but it takes forever to complete a project. Naturally, it was the first applique stitch I experimented...

Free Motion Quilting Is Hard

What a week.  I kicked things off last Saturday with the day at a quilt show in Sacramento. It was the same show I went to last year and I had fun then but it was definitely more enjoyable now that I have more experience under my belt.  At each booth I knew all of the...

So Many Colors

I finally finished the backing for my BOM quilt! I’m so excited to finally have this done! It feels like it’s been hanging over my head for months because I’ve been thinking about doing this since October. The crazy thing is that I was worried I...

A Fun Contest For Youth

Sewing the backing of my BOM quilt has begun!  I haven’t gotten nearly as far as I’d hoped, but progress is progress.  The process is fairly quick since I have my Ideal Seam Guide to give me the perfect 1/4″ seam, there are just a lot of blocks to...

Pinner’s Conference Weekend

This has been another hard week for me. I haven’t had the chance to turn on my sewing machine at all.  My daughters are now all well and healthy, thank goodness, but my poor husband and son have been dealing with the influenza virus. It’s so sad to see a...